may 1, 1911 - Ernest Rutherford
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- Rutherford was born in New Zealand- rutherford discovered that there were two different charges emitting from a sample of Uranium, an alpha charge, and a beta charge. He discovered this by bombarding a thin sheet of foils, and because like charges repel, he discovered protons.
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Date:
may 1, 1911
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~ 114 years ago